2008 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2008 local election results in Dudley

Elections to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election, with an additional seat in Sedgley ward following the resignation of a councillor.

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Following the election the Conservative Party held 43 seats, the Labour Party held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats held 2 seats, and the UK Independence Party held one seat.

Candidates

Amblecote ward

Amblecote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Banks1,51750.82
Labour Stephen Sharples68022.78
UKIP Michael Forsyth53017.76
Liberal Democrats Harold Hanson2498.34
Majority83728.04
Turnout 2,98529.50

Belle Vale ward

Belle Vale ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Dunn1,79353.47
Labour Hilary Bills1,03730.93
UKIP Jane Franklin49814.85
Majority75622.55
Turnout 3,35334.24

Brierley Hill ward

Brierley Hill ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Wilson96336.52
Conservative Steven Ridley73627.91
UKIP Paul Southall69426.32
Liberal Democrats John Dyer2419.14
Majority2278.61
Turnout 2,63726.32

Brockmoor & Pensnett ward

Brockmoor & Pensnett ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Greenaway84631.91
Labour Qadar Zada77729.31
BNP Stephen Tracey50819.16
Independent Julian Mitchell31311.81
Liberal Democrats Janice Porter2047.70
Majority692.60
Turnout 2,65127.11

Castle & Priory ward

Castle & Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Aston1,08935.24
UKIP Garry Butler2578.32
Conservative Daryl Millward99732.27
BNP Diane Sankey49516.02
Liberal Democrats Lorna Simpson2498.06
Majority922.97
Turnout 3,09029.24

Coseley East ward

Coseley East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Davies1,24535.9
BNP Kenneth Griffiths93526.96
Conservative Stephen Lounds1,02629.58
Liberal Democrats Claire O'Kane2527.27
Majority2196.32
Turnout 3,46836.05

Cradley & Foxcote ward

Cradley & Foxcote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gaye Partridge1,18737.78
UKIP Barry Rose67921.61
Conservative Glenis Simms1,02532.62
Independent Safeanah Yasmin2367.51
Majority1625.13
Turnout 3,14232

Gornal ward

Gornal ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Jones1543.5
BNP Vicki Peace51311.65
UKIP Philip Rowe1,12525.56
Conservative David Stanley1,77640.35
Labour Stuart Turner83018.86
Majority65114.79
Turnout 4,40241.8

Halesowen North ward

Halesowen North ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lesley Faulkner1,75550.68
BNP Tony Gill35110.14
UKIP Stuart Henley55015.88
Labour Richard Lloyd79022.81
Majority96527.87
Turnout 3,46336.22

Halesowen South ward

Halesowen South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Raymond Franklin2646.73
Labour Andrew Matthews73418.71
BNP Peter Morris3428.72
Conservative David Vickers2,56765.45
Majority1,83346.74
Turnout 3,92239.78

Hayley Green & Cradley South ward

Hayley Green & Cradley South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Caroline Dredge49714.19
Labour Michael Kelly79722.76
Conservative Hazel Turner2,18962.51
Majority1,39239.75
Turnout 3,50237.35

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath ward

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Cody4299.61
UKIP Martin Gallagher4029.01
Conservative Denise Harley2,00344.89
Liberal Democrats David Lavender161036.08
Majority3938.81
Turnout 4,46243.29

Kingswinford South ward

Kingswinford South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Blood1,87947.1
Labour Stephen Haycock57314.36
Liberal Democrats Brian Nicholls86621.71
UKIP Michael Partridge65916.52
Majority1,01325.39
Turnout 3,98938.29

Lye & Wollescote ward

Lye & Wollescote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Barbara Deeley66319.55
Labour Christopher Hale1,01029.78
Independent Abdul Qadus43512.83
Conservative Adrian Turner1,27437.57
Majority2647.79
Turnout 3,39135.42

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's ward

Netherton, Woodside & St. Andrew's ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Davies1,07435.8
Liberal Democrats Tina Kalsi2468.2
UKIP Amanda Mobberley62320.77
Labour Mahbubur Rahman1,04434.8
Majority301
Turnout 3,00028.43

Norton ward

Norton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Attwood2,44559.91
Labour Jacqueline Cowell60314.78
BNP Andrew Griffiths2856.98
UKIP Peter Lee2105.15
Liberal Democrats Andrew McKay53012.99
Majority1,84245.13
Turnout 4,08142.35

Pedmore & Stourbridge East ward

Pedmore & Stourbridge East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Debney66715.98
Liberal Democrats Simon Hanson43210.35
Conservative Leslie Jones2,44458.55
UKIP Lynette Wragg61614.76
Majority1,77742.57
Turnout 4,17441.7

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood ward

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Cotterill1,37642.16
BNP Julian Griffiths43713.39
Liberal Democrats John White1364.17
UKIP Helen Wimlett1925.88
Conservative Michael Wood1,11934.28
Majority2577.88
Turnout 3,26432.17

Sedgley ward

Sedgley ward (2 candidates)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Robert Dudley78412.2
Conservative Michael Evans2,31836.08
Labour Parshottam Gupta5738.92
UKIP Dennis Partridge5228.13
Conservative Geoffrey Perry1,67626.09
Labour Cicely Ann5408.41
Majority1,534 and 89223.88 and 13.89
Turnout 6,42437.24

St. James's ward

St. James's ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Serena Craigie63118.12
UKIP Peter Malcolm Davis99428.54
Labour Geoffrey Edge77622.28
BNP Heather Inman3118.93
Conservative Ian Jones62517.94
Independent Gurwinder Singh1424.08
Majority2186.26
Turnout 3,48335.16

St. Thomas's ward

St. Thomas's ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaukat Ali1,58746.01
Independent Tony Barnsley1353.91
Liberal Democrats Giovanna Faulkner1614.67
Conservative Louis Redding55516.09
UKIP Philip Wimlett1,00629.17
Majority58116.84
Turnout 3,44934.22

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton ward

Upper Gornal & Woodsetton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Aston1,09230.88
BNP Kevin Inman87024.6
Conservative Julian Ryder1,57444.51
Majority48213.63
Turnout 3,53634.54

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town ward

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicolas Barlow1,50538.75
Liberal Democrats June Collins1,26832.65
UKIP Simon Davis3268.39
Labour Tracy Wood77519.95
Majority2376.1
Turnout 3,88438.23

Wordsley ward

Wordsley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Bowkley74322.87
Liberal Democrats Lois Celestine2888.86
UKIP Andrew Partridge54916.9
Conservative Geoffrey Southall1,66051.09
Majority91728.22
Turnout 3,24933.25

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